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I'd like to talk about the school system in Australia today. The school system in Australia does depend on 1._______ you go to a private school or a public school. In the state I’m from, there are a lot of private schools, and generally they are single-sex high schools. The public high schools are generally 2.______ (mix). All of the private high schools insist that you should wear their school uniforms, 3.____that might mean 4. (wear) a school tie and a school jacket. However, the public high schools often give you a5. ______(choose) of whether you want to wear a uniform or not. The school classes generally start anywhere 6. ____ 8:30 and 9 o’clock in the morning and run 7. _____ 3:30 in the afternoon, and they’re followed by after-school8.____ (active) like sports and music theater. The school year generally starts in the9. ____ (begin) on February, after our summer vacation, which lasts about six weeks around the Christmas period.

The only thing I don't like about our school system is the idea of the difference in quality of education between the private and the public schools. It remains 10. ___(see) whether you can get a better education, even if you are in a private high school. Most of our public high schools are quite good.

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A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says,“Light to moderate alcohol intake,especially of wine,may be more likely to protect against,rather than promote,weight gain”.The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions,particularly that current data do not clearly indicate if moderate drinking increases weight.

Boston University’s Dr.Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms(生物学机制)relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood.His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes(糖尿病),which relate to increasing obesity.Some studies suggest that even very obese people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers.

The group says alcohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stored in fat,and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods.They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks,taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight.

For now there is little evidence that consuming small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one’s risk of becoming obese.What’s more,a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol,a compound present in grapes and red wine,destroys fat cells.

1.The passage is mainly for those__________.

A.who produce wine

B.who have a drinking habit

C. who go on a diet

D.who are eager to lose weight

2.The underlined phrase“in moderation”in the first paragraph means_________.

A.excitedly B.carefully C.properly D.frequently

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Current data clearly show that moderate drinking increases weight.

B.Resveratrol is proved to increase the risk of becoming fat.

C.The specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are very clear.

D.The research found moderate drinking has a strong protective effect.

4.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A.How to do some easy experiments.

B.How to reduce the calories contained in wine.

C.How to make wine in a healthy way.

D.How to prove the finding mentioned above.

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This book was written by Galway Kinnell, who spent many years in finishing the book.Kinnell’s first collection of new poems in more than a decade revisits themes of marriage, friendship and death, with long, loose lines reminiscent of Whitman.It is popular with the people who are interested in literature.

B.The Letter

The murder of a television star appears to be the work of thieves who are quickly caught.But they escape from prison and a young lawyer says she knows who the real criminals are.Written with intelligence, this story is so fast-moving that it demands the reader’s complete attention.

C.London Alive

This author of many famous novels has now turned to writing short stories with great success.The stories tell of Londoners’ daily lives and happen in eighteen different places——for example, one story takes place at a table in a cafe, another in the back of a taxi and another in a hospital.

D.Gone West

A serious look at one of the least-known regions of the United States.The author describes the empty villages which thousands left when they were persuaded by the railway companies to go west in search of new lives.The author manages to provide many interesting details about their history.

E.Cutting for Stone

This book was written by Abraham Verghese.It is a powerful story about twin brothers born in a Catholic hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Their mother, an Indian nurse at the hospital, dies in childbirth.The brothers are raised by two Indian doctors who live at the hospital.One brother later moves to the United States.This is a story about the extremes of love, family, and medicine.

F.Jane Eyre

There is great kindness and warmth in this love story.Poor and plain as Jane Eyre is, she has a strong will, sharp wisdom and great courage.She is forced to battle against a harsh employer and a rigid social order.Yet she is never defeated.Standing on her feet, she gains her own happiness in the end.

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2.Terresha Houghs has read widely since she was in university.She can recite most of essays and poems she has read, especially poems from Leaves of Grass.She is fond of traditional themes in poetry and still keeps her habits of reciting poems.

3.Ali enjoys reading crime stories which are carefully written so that they hold his interest right to the end.He enjoys trying to guess who the criminal really is while he’s reading.

4.Lucy is a quiet girl who likes to read in a quiet corner in the library.Her favorite stories are those with characters brave enough to face and overcome difficulties in life.

5.Charlie, who attends college in the Midwest, majors in medicine.He is fond of reading stories about family and love, especially those related to his future career.

The food we eat seems to have a great effect on our health. Although science has made big steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of human illness is related to food and forty percent of cancer is related to food as well. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, some researchers realized that things commonly used to keep colors in meats and other food additives (添加剂) caused cancer.

Yet, these additives remain in our food, and it is difficult to know which things on the wrappings(包装)of foods are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin (青霉素) to their animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of cows. Sometimes similar things are supplied to animals not for their health, but just to make a profit.

The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to get a higher price on the market. Although some countries have tried to control such things, the practice continues.

1.According to this passage, we can know _____.

A. perhaps most kinds of cancer are related to what people eat

B. perhaps most of human illness is caused by what we eat

C. cancer was discovered in 1945

D. science has made food unfit to eat

2.Things that are used to keep colors in meats are _____.

A. harmful B. useless C. helpless D. dangerous

3.People use additives _____.

A. to make food more unfit to eat

B. to cause cancer

C. to change the color of the food

D. to take off the diseases of the food

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Some wrappings of food are harmful.

B. Farmers try to make more money on the market by fattening their animals.

C. "The practice continues" means "things are still going on like that".

D. We needn't take care of what we eat.

“Holding girls back from an education is robbing them of their dignity (尊严),” says Mariam, a teacher, in an interview with Action Press.

“I feel proud when I tell people that I’m from Swat in Pakistan, with its green and mountainous valley. But I don’t feel proud about the number of women and girls where I’m from who are still being unable to enjoy the right for an education.

“I have taught many students — including Malaya, the young education activist who was shot in the head as travelling to school in Pakistan after campaigning for girls’ education. Among them I see the dignity that education can offer. This is why I have long been devoted to teaching, and why I am doing what I can to make sure that all girls have the chance to go to school.

“At the Khushaal school and college in Mingora, many girls are prevented from going to school because of poverty and fights. However, the most common reasons for girls not attending classes are cultural. People fear that females will become too independent if educated. Instead, parents prefer to marry off girls early. Girls and young women are considered a financial burden if left dependent on their parents.”

“In the school where I have been teaching for over ten years, I have seen how this discrimination plays out. Parents regard an educated and independent female as being too clever for her own. Even if parents agree to give a girl an education, a limit is set to the number of years for her to attend classes and it is common for girls to make it through only primary school. This is why I have been working tirelessly to change these damaging views and cultural practices. These are crimes against humanity (人道),which I have no choice but to strongly accuse of.”

“Malala was right to fight for her education.” says Mariam, who will be in New York with UNESCO (联合国教科文组织), delivering a speech calling for world leaders to make sure every child gets a chance to go to school.

1.What does Mariam take pride in?

A. Her dignity from education.

B. Her lifelong devotion to teaching.

C. Her hometown with fantastic scenery.

D. Her experience as a speech maker.

2.What is the major reason to prevent girls from going to school?

A. The constant fights across the country.

B. The lack of financial support for schooling.

C. The limited time allowed to attend classes.

D. The traditional views on females’ social role.

3.What will Mariam appeal for in her speech?

A. Accusing of the shooting of the schoolgirl.

B. Sex balance among children of school age.

C. Equal access for boys and girls to education.

D. Independence of girls with a good education.

4.Which of the following is true about Mariam?

A. Malala event motivated her to work years for children.

B. She spoke in favour of Malala’s action in the interview.

C. A press invited her to attend a conference in New York.

D. She started a campaign with Malala for females’ freedom.

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